If you’re still in search of a large capacity iPad, or still looking for that gold iPhone 5s, you have one less tool to aid your search, as Apple has shut down a popular website that listed availability for Apple products at Apple retail stores.

Apple has published a Report on Government Information Requests [PDF], outlining government and law enforcement requests it has received seeking information about users or devices, covering the timeframe of January to the end of June this year.

Apple released another minor for iTunes today, bringing the version up to 11.1.3. The update includes a fix for a bug affecting the equalizer, as well as a tweak that improves how iTunes handles large libraries.

It’s entirely possible that before Monday you hadn’t heard of GT Advanced, a New Hampshire based materials manufacturing firm. (We hadn’t.) But now, with news that Apple is partnering with the firm to open a Sapphire Glass plant in Arizona, we take a peek at how Apple will go about making sapphire glass for use in cameras, and possibly screen for its popular iOS devices.

It seems iTunes Radio has not been luring away listeners from the more established Pandora. This tidbit is from the music streaming service’s CFO Mike Herring who says that since the launch of Apple’s competing service, Pandora has seen an increase in listeners.

Pebble will be conducting a Live Stream Software Event tomorrow, November 6th at 10 AM Pacific/1 PM Eastern. Pebble will hopefully be announcing updated software, with some new features for Pebble/iOS developers to tap into.

Most everyone would agree that texting while driving is dangerous, and should be avoided at all costs. We have to put our smartphones in “Airplane Mode” when flying, would a “Car Mode” help avoid accidents caused by texting while driving?

Apple’s iPad Air has a Retina Display that is more efficient than previous generations, accomplishing the same level of brightness with half as many LED lights. This info comes form a new teardown analysis from research firm IHS.

After leaving a number of hints over the course of the past several weeks, Apple has finally released a significantly redesigned version of their Remote app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, designed to better match the look and feel of iOS 7. Apple had previously updated their other house-made apps with a similar design overhaul.

AT&T has announced that iPad activations during the iPad Air lunch weekend were up more than 200% over a year ago. The comments from AT&T Chief Ralph de la Vega are the first official word referring to iPad Air sales, as Apple has not released its own numbers.

Apple will build a new sapphire glass manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona that will employ up to 700 in the first year. This, according to releases from the State of Arizona, and GT Advanced, a New Hampshire based materials manufacturing firm.

In its continuing effort to salvage what is left of their business, Blackberry has taken itself off of the market, and will instead be getting a $1 billion infusion from a small group of investors, one of which is former prospective buyer Fairfax Capit